Dynamic flow, broken surface anchoring, and switching bistability in three-terminal twisted nematic liquid-crystal displays

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3121-3123

  Qian, Tiezheng ^a   Xie, Zhiliang ^a   Kwok, Hoi S ^a   Sheng, Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0035883786     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1388595     Document Type: Article

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